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The strangest things trigger memories
Like painting the bathroom today. It reminded me of my mother. Which reminded me of my grandfather. And I remembered my very first lesson in attention to detail. There is, as you have likely gathered,...
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This story starts with my grandfather
Walter Dorr. We called him Dada. (pronounced ‘dad’ followed with a soft ‘a’) Walter F Dorr Although my family genealogy research has shown that he worked at several different jobs throughout his life,...
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I didn’t learn to paint and hang wallpaper from Dada.
I learned those things the way I learn most things. I taught myself. What I needed to know. When I needed to know it. (Maybe I’m a millennial at heart) In the early years of our marriage we moved...
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Dada didn’t have to tell me how to paint and hang paper
He told my mother. Let me explain. The day will come when they will tell stories about us. I think Dada would be proud of his story. I hope I’ll be proud of mine. Just Sayin’
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I could’ve avoided the 4th quarter nail-biting
If I’d just listened to Princess the camel? Princess, the star of New Jersey‘s Popcorn Park Zoo, has correctly picked the winner of five of the last six Super Bowls. She went 14 and 6 predicting...
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The glaciers are melting, the glaciers are melting!
Himalayan glaciers have lost no ice in the past 10 years Huh? Some previous estimates of ice loss in the high Asia mountains had predicted up to 50 billion tons of melting ice annually, said Wahr, who...
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Where, oh where, did my daily blog go?
Where, oh where, could it be? Let me explain. This is all good. I will continue to post as often as I have something interesting (to me anyway) to say. Just Sayin’
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Traditions have to start somewhere
Baseball is rich with traditions. The ceremonial first pitch. The seventh inning stretch. Waiting at home for high-fives after a homer. They all had a start somewhere. And I think we started a new one...
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Open Mike: Surprise!
I’m sitting on a plane heading to Nashville. At 9:00 am this morning I had no travel plans. Then the phone rang. An emergency had arisen. Could I go to Nashville? I was supposed to be off. My answer?...
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Open Mike: Oh where, oh where did my Open Mike go?
Oh where, oh where could he be? Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code Just Sayin’ Moon shot? (Photo credit: MikeReardon)
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